Easton man arrested for 5th OUI

Easton Police responded to a car crash in the parking lot of the Easton Mobile Home Park, 305 Turnpike Street.

Police found a 1995 Ford pickup truck with damage to the rear bumper. Witnesses stated that the driver, Frank Cotone, 46, of Lot number 64 in the park, had hit another resident’s vehicle.

After giving Cotone field sobriety checks, police determined that he was heavily intoxicated.

Officer Patrick Taylor placed Cotone under arrest for a fifth offense of operating under the influence, operating negligently and operating unlicensed.

Police also found that the truck had an interlock ignition device, requiring the operator to give a breath sample before the vehicle could be started. Police believe Cotone had been using a screwdriver to disable the device and start the truck. He was also charged with tampering with an interlock device.

Cotone was held on $5,000 cash bail and was set to be arraigned Tuesday morning in Taunton District Court.